Children of Filipino and Spanish heritage listen and participate during the presentation on the Filipino language and history in the Pista ng Laro at Merienda event on 08 August 2024.

Chargé d´affaires Mark Francis C. Hamoy delivers his welcome remarks in Filipino.

MADRID, 08 August 2024 – The Philippine Embassy in Madrid, in partnership with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, celebrated the Buwan ng Wika at Buwan ng Kasaysayan through an event entitled Pista ng Laro at Merienda on 08 August 2024 at the Centro de Filipinas en Madrid.

The event opened with welcome remarks from Chargé d´affaires Mark Francis C. Hamoy who urged the audience in his brief remarks to keep the Filipino language alive by using Filipino and teaching Filipino to their Spanish friends and young Filipino and Spanish children in Spain.

More than 90 people attended the fun-filled event with around 40 children of Spanish and Filipino heritage. The children were taught about the similarities of Filipino and Spanish language and eagerly participated in playing traditional Filipino games. They also learned and enjoyed Filipino food after participating in the games in the very successful event.

The very successful event is in addition to the series of events celebrating the Philippines-Spain Friendship Day, in coordination with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. END

Children eagerly participated in the pabitin, one of the traditional Filipino games during the event.

Some of the Spanish kids registering for the Pista ng Laro at Merienda event of the Philippine Embassy in Madrid held at the Centro de Filipinas en Madrid on 08 August 2024.